RINGWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ringworm mean? 

• RINGWORM (noun)
  The noun RINGWORM has 1 sense:

1. infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

  Familiarity information: RINGWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RINGWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ringworm; roundworm; tinea

Hypernyms ("ringworm" is a kind of...):

fungal infection; mycosis (an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ringworm"):

dhobi itch (fungal infection attacking moist parts of the body)

kerion (ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard that usually results in a swelling that is covered with pustules and oozes fluid)

athlete's foot; tinea pedis (fungal infection of the feet)

barber's itch; tinea barbae (fungal infection of the face and neck)

tinea capitis (fungal infection of the scalp characterized by bald patches)

tinea corporis (fungal infection of nonhairy parts of the skin)

eczema marginatum; jock itch; tinea cruris (fungal infection of the groin (most common in men))

tinea unguium (fungal infection of the nails (especially toenails))

 Context examples 

An extract of Goa powder; a complex mixture of reduction products of chrysophanic acid, emodin, and emodin monomethyl ether; used locally in ringworm, psoriasis, and eczema.

(Chrysarobin, NCI Thesaurus)